Toilet article



Aug. 31, 1937.

J. H. CRUM TOILET ARTICLE Filed Dec JOHN/ CAM/M g) INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

2,091,807 TOILET ARTICLE John Howard Crum, New York,

Application December 1, 1936, Serial No. 113,579

3 Claims.

" treating the skin.

It is a well known fact that the skin of human beings, and particularlythe superficial layer thereof has a natural tendency to dry up andobtain a condition known as horney or scale.

The dead skin resulting from the aforemen- I tioned conditions, althoughrarely visible to the naked eye, does detract materially from theappearance of a person because first, it is not conducive to a healthygrowth of skin beneath the superficial layer, and secondly, because eventhough a healthy condition does exist, it prevents its showing toadvantage and often completely hides the same.

This dead skin will, through the normal care of the body, becomedislodged and disappear, but such action is arelatively slow one andseldom if ever leaves the person absolutely free of the dead skin.

It is one object of the present invention to provide a new and noveldevice for removing the dead or scaly skin from the person of the humanbody and more particularly parts thereof such as the face, throat, neck,arms, hands, etc., although the device is capable of use whereverdesired upon the human body.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a device of theaforementioned character which, while it is effective in operation, isnot injurious to even the tender skin of the face and the more tenderportions of the human body.

It is a still further object of the invention so to construct the devicethat in use it not only functions to remove such skin as has become deadand lifeless, but also serves to induce free blood circulation therebystimulating the skin and greatly enhancing the appearance thereof.

Other objects of the invention will appear as the nature thereof isbetter understood and for this purpose reference will now be had to thefollowing specification and claims and the accompanying drawing,wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device constructed in accordancewith the present invention,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof taken substantially onthe line 2-2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on the line3-3 of Figure 1,

Figure l is a perspective view of a modified form of the device,

Figure 5 is a plan view of one of the sides of the device, the viewbeing on an enlarged scale of the form illustrated in Figure 4,

Figure 6 is a longitudinal sectional view taken substantially on theline 6-43 of Figure 4, and;

Figure '7 is a transverse sectional view taken 5 substantially on theline 1-1 of Figure 6.

Referring specifically to the drawing and more particularly to Figures 1to 3, thereof, the device comprises an abrasive body iii provided with ahandle ii. While I do not herein claim any par- 10 ticular abrasivecompound, it is highly desirable that the compound from which the bodyis formed be of relatively finely comminuted material which, whencombined with other materials and molded, will-produce on the bodysurfaces of a fine texture and yet with abrasive qualities.

The body of the device is preferably of relatively thin oval shape andas illustrated at i2, is preferably thicker at one end than at theother. This form of body provides two opposed relatively fiat sides andon one of these fiat sides, I provide a transversely curved or concavedface i3 which extends preferably longitudinally of the body throughoutthe major portion of the length of the body.

The opposite side of the body is formed upon its face with a pluralityof upstanding ribs M spaced by intervening channels or depressions it.These upstanding ribs and intervening channels preferably extendtransversely of the body and as shown in the drawing, preferablyterminate slightly short of the side edges of the body to provide amarginal flange or shoulder I6 which preferably extends entirely aroundthe marginal edge of that side upon which the upstanding ribs M areformed.

The above described construction of body provides a curved face 53which, since it conforms generally at least to many curved or roundedprojections of the human body, is particularly eifective when the deviceis used upon the nose, chin and similar protruding portions of the body.

The relatively flat side upon which the upstanding ribs M are formed isparticularly effective upon flat surfaces of the body as for example thecheeks, while the general shape of the body provides a reduced endportion i8 which is particularly effective in operation upon suchlocations as the juncture of the cheeks with the nose, the upper lip,and many other locations where the area operated upon is relativelysmall.

In that form of the invention illustrated in Figures 4 to 7, inclusive,of the drawing, the body is of slightly different form. It is, however,

formed on one of its fiat sides with a transversely curved or concavedface 20 substantially the same as the transversely curved or concavedface 13 in the heretofore described form of the invention.

As illustrated in Figures 4 to 7, the body is thicker at one end than atthe other and upon that flat side which is opposed to the side uponwhich the transversely curved or concaved face is formed, there is aridge 2i which extends longitudinally of the body at substantially thecenter thereof. This construction provides two angularly disposed faces22 and 23 upon this side of the body.

These angularly disposed faces 22 and 23 extend longitudinally of thatside of the body upon which they are formed, and by reference to Figures4 and 5, it will be noted that they terminate short of the forward orthin end of the body portion where they both merge into a transverselyextending curved face or area 25.

The angular face 22 is formed with a plurality of cupped depressions 26preferably arranged in angularly disposed rearwardly extending series.The angular face 23 is formed with a plurality of rearwardly extendingribs or the like 21 which are angularly disposed upon the face 23.

This last mentioned form of the invention has all of the advantageswhich are present in the heretofore described form, and in addition, itprovides a surface, the face 22 which, owing to the cupped depressions,has a limited suction action when moved over the surface being treated.Further, this last described form of the invention provides in the face25 a surface which is particularly effective when working upon thefingers and similar projecting members.

While the device may be used in a dry state, I recommend its use withcold creams, olive oil or other suitable lubricants and it has beenfound in actual practice that when used in the above described manner,it is highly effective in removing dead skin, and in stimulating thegrowth and promoting a healthy condition of live and growing skin.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is:

1. A device of the character described comprising a body of abrasivematerial, said body having two oppositely disposed sides, a transverselyconcaved face formed on one side of said body portion and two laterallyinclined faces formed upon the opposite side of said body portion,

forward end thereof.

2. A device of the character described comprising an abrasive bodythinner at one end than at the other end, a concaved face formed uponone side of said body, a plurality of angularly disposed faces formedupon the opposite side of said body and a curved face extendingtransversely of said body at the thin end thereof, said angularlydisposed faces merging into said transversely extending curved face attheir forward ends.

3. A device of the character described comprising an abrasive bodythinner at one end than at the other end, a concaved face formed uponone side of said body, a plurality of angularly disposed faces formedupon the opposite side of said body, said angularly disposed faces eachextending from a center line to its respective side edge of the body, acurved face extending transversely of the thin end of the body andmerging into the angularly disposed faces at their forward ends, aplurality of cupped recesses formed in one of said angularly disposedfaces and arranged in rearwardly extending series, and a plurality ofrearwardly extending angularly disposed ribs on the other of saidangularly disposed faces.

JOHN HOWARD CRUM.

